Re: [Boost-build] really dumb problem trying to use bjam to build with gcc compiler

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-29 08:21:09

On Friday 29 August 2008 11:47:30 Robert Ramey wrote:
> When I try to run tests with bjam I get the following:
> 
> ...
> boost-test(RUN) "config/no_wchar_t_pass" : 
> "libs/config/test/no_wchar_t_pass.cpp"
> ...patience...
> ...found 3341 targets...
> ...updating 1757 targets...
> MkDir1 ..\..\..\bin.v2
> spawn: No such file or directory

IIRC, this usually means "your PATH is way to long"
> 
> Does anyone happen to know what I have to fix to make this work?  Is this
> enough of a hint?
> 
> I should notice that I recently updated my cygwin system which includes
> the gcc compiler I use.  So this is suspicious.  

Presumably, this installation has brough PATH beyond whatever limit it has.

- Volodya